Oscar-winning American actor Jared Leto has denied sexual misconduct claims made by four women who told the BBC that the Hollywood star assaulted them when they were teenagers.<\/p>\n
“I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life. These claims are absolutely and categorically false,” Mr Leto said in a statement.<\/p>\n
In a documentary called “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret,” four women described encounters that took place between 2002 and 2016 when the actor was in his 30s or 40s.<\/p>\n
He is now 54.<\/p>\n
In the documentary, one of the women said she was sexually assaulted in a motel bathroom when she was 17.<\/p>\n
Another said the Hollywood star threatened her with sexual assault when she was 19.<\/p>\n
A third said she had underage sex with the star in California when she was 17, which would be classified as statutory rape.<\/p>\n
A fourth said Mr Leto made sexually explicit phone calls to her when she was 16.<\/p>\n
Four others described “strange and often very sexual phone calls from Leto,” the BBC said.<\/p>\n
The outlet said it had corroborated a number of the women’s accounts with friends and family who were told about the encounters with Mr Leto at the time.<\/p>\n
“In some cases, we have also seen pictures and messages that support the women’s accounts,” the BBC said.<\/p>\n
In 2025, nine women accused Mr Leto of sexual impropriety in a piece by US outlet Air Mail.<\/p>\n
Mr Leto won an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role as an HIV-positive transgender woman in 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club.<\/p>\n
He also appeared in House of Gucci, Suicide Squad and Morbius.<\/p>\n
Outside of acting, Mr Leto is the lead singer for the alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.<\/p>\n
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